Mylomyrus frangens Woodward 1910 (eel)

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1910. On a Fossil Sole and a Fossil Eel from the Eocene of Egypt. Geological Magazine 7(9):402-405

Belongs to Mylomyrus according to A. S. Woodward 1910

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tura or Tora limestone quarry, which is in an Eocene marine limestone in the Mokattam Formation of Egypt

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tura or Tora limestone quarry

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